Is it that you don’t love the game anymore or is it the fact you just love being home with the family a bit more than normal?

“So I think just acknowledging it is obviously a big part of it. It’s not fun. I obviously haven’t enjoyed the season, losing a little bit of confidence and belief.

“Thinking am I done, finished, washed up, should I think about getting a new job. All these crazy human instinct thoughts go through your mind.

“You just have dig in, start grinding again and go back to all the things that worked in the past. That’s what I’m kind of in right now – I’m in that learning curve and looking forward to being back on the leaderboard.”

Gmac, 35, added: “I don’t know what I’d do. I didn’t get my engineering degree, so I can’t see me going back to college at this point!”